Harry Putnam wrote:
Nikos Chantziaras writes:
uvesafb also works on non-x86 system. It has one drawback though: it
doesn't switch to graphical mode right from the start like vesafb
does. Instead, you get the initial kernel messages in text mode and
need to wait for graphics to kick-in. With v
On Sun, 18 Jan 2009 10:43:19 +
Peter Humphrey wrote:
> On Sunday 18 January 2009 00:25:49 »Q« wrote:
>
> > I also have a 1280x800 screen and uvesafb works for me without
> > distortion with this kernel video option in grub.conf:
> >
> > video=uvesafb:1280x800-32,mtrr:3,ywrap
>
> Do you hav
On Sunday 18 January 2009 00:25:49 »Q« wrote:
> I also have a 1280x800 screen and uvesafb works for me without
> distortion with this kernel video option in grub.conf:
>
> video=uvesafb:1280x800-32,mtrr:3,ywrap
Do you have that resolution available in your BIOS? I read somewhere that
uvesafb ca
In <58965d8a0901171927q12cac290ocead4eb8409d9...@mail.gmail.com>,
Paul Hartman wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 9:20 PM, Paul Hartman
> wrote:
> > On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 6:32 PM, »Q« wrote:
> >> On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 01:42:30 -0600
> >> You mean you are now successfully using uvesafb *without*
On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 9:20 PM, Paul Hartman
wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 6:32 PM, »Q« wrote:
>> On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 01:42:30 -0600
>> Paul Hartman wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 11:49 PM, Paul Hartman
>>> wrote:
>>> > Hi,
>>> >
>>> > Does anyone here use uvesafb? I followed the ins
On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 9:32 AM, Peter Humphrey
wrote:
> On Friday 16 January 2009 19:27:53 Paul Hartman wrote:
>
>> Now I just need to find a good consolefont that doesn't look
>> "squished" in 16:9 aspect ratio. Right now I'm using ter-112n (from
>> terminus-fonts) and it's pretty good but still
On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 6:32 PM, »Q« wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 01:42:30 -0600
> Paul Hartman wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 11:49 PM, Paul Hartman
>> wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > Does anyone here use uvesafb? I followed the instructions to install
>> > uvesafb from this page:
>> >
>> > http
On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 01:42:30 -0600
Paul Hartman wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 11:49 PM, Paul Hartman
> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Does anyone here use uvesafb? I followed the instructions to install
> > uvesafb from this page:
> >
> > http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/projects/uvesafb/
> >
> > However
On Sat, 17 Jan 2009 15:32:38 +
Peter Humphrey wrote:
> On Friday 16 January 2009 19:27:53 Paul Hartman wrote:
>
> > Now I just need to find a good consolefont that doesn't look
> > "squished" in 16:9 aspect ratio. Right now I'm using ter-112n (from
> > terminus-fonts) and it's pretty good bu
On Friday 16 January 2009 19:27:53 Paul Hartman wrote:
> Now I just need to find a good consolefont that doesn't look
> "squished" in 16:9 aspect ratio. Right now I'm using ter-112n (from
> terminus-fonts) and it's pretty good but still a little too wide for
> my taste.
Thanks for the pointer to
Nikos Chantziaras writes:
> rea...@newsguy.com wrote:
>> Paul Hartman writes:
>>
>>> I'm ashamed to admit I made the most basic mistake. I compiled uvesafb
>>> as a module. Oops! Compiled it as "Y" instead of "M" and now I have a
>>> pair of Tux sitting atop my kernel boot screen and no more 80x
rea...@newsguy.com wrote:
Paul Hartman writes:
I'm ashamed to admit I made the most basic mistake. I compiled uvesafb
as a module. Oops! Compiled it as "Y" instead of "M" and now I have a
pair of Tux sitting atop my kernel boot screen and no more 80x25
horror. :)
Is there some difference in
On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 12:33 PM, wrote:
> Paul Hartman writes:
>
>> I'm ashamed to admit I made the most basic mistake. I compiled uvesafb
>> as a module. Oops! Compiled it as "Y" instead of "M" and now I have a
>> pair of Tux sitting atop my kernel boot screen and no more 80x25
>> horror. :)
>
Paul Hartman writes:
> I'm ashamed to admit I made the most basic mistake. I compiled uvesafb
> as a module. Oops! Compiled it as "Y" instead of "M" and now I have a
> pair of Tux sitting atop my kernel boot screen and no more 80x25
> horror. :)
Is there some difference in uvesafb and vesafb? I
On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 11:49 PM, Paul Hartman
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Does anyone here use uvesafb? I followed the instructions to install
> uvesafb from this page:
>
> http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/projects/uvesafb/
>
> However, it does not work. Is it required to use initrd in order to
> use uvesafb? (
On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 12:33 AM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> Paul Hartman wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Does anyone here use uvesafb? I followed the instructions to install
>> uvesafb from this page:
>>
>> http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/projects/uvesafb/
>>
>> However, it does not work. Is it required to u
Paul Hartman wrote:
Hi,
Does anyone here use uvesafb? I followed the instructions to install
uvesafb from this page:
http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/projects/uvesafb/
However, it does not work. Is it required to use initrd in order to
use uvesafb? (because I don't use it...)
the 80x25 looks abso
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